barbarism

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The earth experiences he says certain periodic destructions and cataclysms civilizations are reduced to barbarism only to recover and grow again.
他說，世界不斷經(jīng)歷,階段性的摧殘及劇變,文明雖被降格至野蠻,但終究會復(fù)原并再次茁壯。
But I was told to read it on the spot and it was grabbed away as soon as I had reached the last line… How can any honest and intelligent person justify the barbarism?
但他們卻要我當(dāng)場讀完。當(dāng)我剛讀到最后一行的時候，信就被拽走了……沒有任何誠實和有智力的人會為如此野蠻的行為而辯護的！
Marx, as we have seen , did indeed believein progress and civilisation; but he considered that, so far at least, they hadproved inseparable from barbarism and benightedness.
馬克思，正如我們所知道的，非常確信進步和文明，但是他認為，至少到目前為止，它們已經(jīng)被證明與野蠻和愚昧如影隨形。

The earth experiences he says certain periodic destructions and cataclysms civilizations are reduced to barbarism only to recover and grow again.
他說，世界不斷經(jīng)歷,階段性的摧殘及劇變,文明雖被降格至野蠻,但終究會復(fù)原并再次茁壯。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
As early as 1826 an important pro-slavery writer named Edward Brown argued that "Slavery," he said, quote: "Had ever been the stepping ladder by which nations have passed from barbarism to civilization."
早在1826年,一位重要的親奴主義作家,愛德華·布朗說過,"奴隸制,曾是幫助那些國家從野蠻時期,發(fā)展到文明社會的階梯"
耶魯公開課 - 美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)與重建課程節(jié)選

What if the true meaning of Rome is not justice but injustice, not civilization but institutionalized barbarism?
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And, of course, we have a ready-made rationalization for this barbarism as well: Kids, we say, know that it's not real.
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If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.